IPR education researcher and statistician Larry Hedges presented the keynote address at the U.S. Institute of Education Sciences Principal Investigators meeting on December 15.

November

IPR associates Bernard Black, professor of law and finance, and Carol Lee, professor of human development and social policy, were inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Black is the Nicholas D. Chabraja Professor at the Pritzker School of Law and Kellogg School of Management, and Lee is the Edwina S. Tarry Professor of Education and Social Policy.

October

Geophysicist and IPR associate Seth Stein is president-elect of the American Geophysics Union’s Natural Hazards Focus Group. Stein is the William Deering Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences.

IPR associate David Cella, professor and founding chair of medical social sciences, received the Gustav O. Lienhard Award from the National Academy of Medicine for his work to measure and apply patient-reported outcomes in healthcare. Cella is the Ralph Seal Paffenbarger Professor at the Feinberg School of Medicine.

Two recent studies named education and social policy professor and IPR associate James Spillane as one of the world’s most prominent scholars in education leadership. Spillane is the Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Professor in Learning and Organizational Change.

Psychologist and IPR associate Vijay Mittal received the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences (FABBS) Early Career Impact Award.

September

IPR health psychologist Greg Millerand IPR associate David Cella, professor and founding chair of medical social sciences, were named as highly cited researchers by Thomson Reuters.

The Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness recognized IPR statistician and education researcher Larry V. Hedgesby naming a lecture in his honor. Hedges gave the inaugural lecture on March 3 in Washington, D.C.

IPR communication studies researcher Eszter Hargittai received the 2016 Public Sociology Award from the Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology section of the American Sociological Association.

January

Four IPR faculty were named to the Edu-Scholar Top 200 list, a list developed by Frederick Hess of the American Enterprise Institute to highlight scholars with the greatest influence on public discussion of education during the past year. IPR Director and education economist David Figlio, IPR labor and education economist Kirabo Jackson, education professor and IPR associate James Spillane, and professor of human development and social policy and IPR associate Carol Lee all made this year's list.

Professor of human development and social policy and IPR associate Carol Lee was named to the board of directors of the National Academy of Education, a prestigious organization of 200 U.S. members dedicated to advancing high-quality education research and its use in policy formation.

Thomson Reuters named David Cella, professor and founding chair of medical social sciences and IPR associate, one of 2015’s most highly cited researchers.

IPR psychologist Alice Eagly was awarded the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Attitudes & Social Influence Interest Group.